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> I haven't had access to the Thomson gateway device for long enough to see how the traffic is segregated

Given the generally atrocious default security of most home router vendors, I'd assume its equally terrible, and maybe you get a nice surprise.

> $10/day is $300+ a month - I pay $50/month for 7GB of data on Telstra's 3G/4G networks

As I said, I was using it when travelling from home (Thailand), so it was $10 a day (max, if i didn't use it or used less than the cap amount, no/less cost) for unlimited data (still using Telstra's network). The alternative was to use a prepaid telstra sim, which from memory at the time gave me maybe 4 gb of data for.. $59 or $69?

I wasn't suggesting its an option for you, just explaining that those "free wifi" things always seem like a shitty deal to me, compared to the cost of your own data service.

> I haven't actually needed to use Telstra Air because the middle of the city has free wifi by iiNet/Internode (RIP)

I must have missed something, what's the RIP for?




Looks like we've hit the limit of HN's indented conversations. I've brought too many topics into one thread - sorry.

Thanks for the info.

The RIP was for Internode (high-end, first to roll out IPv6 in Australia, actual tech support), which is now owned by TPG (budget, over-subscribed).


I grew up outside Adelaide, so I know who they are, or were it seems.

I thought iiNet bought Internode a few years ago?


iiNet bought Internode (after buying Westnet and TransACT), then TPG bought iiNet. They own a scary number of Australian ISPs and infrastructure now.




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